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To: elmatador who wrote (44845)	1/16/2004 9:53:40 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

ElM, you misunderstand. <You say that because the tragic incident with the America's Cup Kiwi in the jungle, all Brazilian are criminals and thugs. > The correct generalization is that Brazil has lots of criminal violence. Not that all Brazilians are criminals and thugs. There are no doubt some Brazilians who aren't. Maybe even hundreds of them. Brazil seems to have a high crime rate. brazzil.com It is perfectly sensible to avoid places with high crime rates. And the USA. Excerpt from report just in..... <Mqurice says: Aha, the wanderer is alive. Well done Tarken sends: So I'm boycotting USA Tarken says: not going through Hawaii Mqurice says: Why? Tarken says: security insanity in North America Mqurice says: What's wrong? Just a fingerprint and photo? Tarken says: almost missed my flight from Vancouver to Kelowna because I had my snowboard tool in my carry on bag Tarken says: it was fine from China Tarken says: made me check it in Tarken says: agro guards Tarken says: hassles Mqurice says: Oh!! Tarken says: boycott USA Tarken says: never go there again Mqurice says: Is that the snowboard screwdriver thing? Tarken says: With a name like Tarken I'll be sent straight to Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of being an Arab Tarken says: yeah, snowboard screwdriver thing Mqurice says: Especially if unshaven! Tarken says: 1.5cm philips screwdriver Tarken says: could do more damage with a toothpick Mqurice says: What was their attitude like? Aggro you said? Tarken says: am allowed the steel stylus of my ipaq Tarken says: yeah, agro fat power tripping security guard almost made me miss my flight Tarken says: hassles getting back through security AFTER checking in my other bag Tarken says: and being authorised to come straight back through Tarken says: if I had missed my flight I would have come straight home Tarken says: I was furious with them Tarken says: it's absurd Tarken says: I like the freedom of China! Tarken says: Not the North American police state Tarken says: nice to be up here in the mountains now though... > I haven't been to the USA since 2001 in part because of such stupidity. I don't want to end up with some whacked out power-crazed ignorant authoritarian maniac sticking me in a prison on suspicion of being a terrorist because they get some false "intelligence" or something. No habeas corpus, no human rights [despite lots of blathering by the USA about China's record]. Mqurice